State Department spokesman voiced skepticism about the ceasefire, saying that Moscow has repeatedly resumed shelling after announcing pauses.

Russia's defense ministry said it had deployed "high-precision, long-range air-based weapons" that "destroyed the production buildings of the Artyom missile and space enterprise in Kyiv".

Russia's foreign minister urged the US and NATO to stop supplying Kyiv with arms if they are "really interested in resolving the Ukraine crisis", Chinese state media reported Saturday. Months into an invasion that failed in its short-term aim of capturing Kyiv, Moscow is now intensifying operations in Ukraine's eastern...

Libya's reduced output also comes as global oil prices remain under pressure since Russia, an OPEC+ producer, invaded Ukraine in February.

NATO member Turkey said it was still talking to Russia about procuring the second batch of one of its most advanced missile defense systems despite the war in Ukraine.

Experts say the chances of reforms will remain slim so long as the permanent members refuse to accept any dilution of their power.

The EU is considering to hit Russia with sanctions on oil or coal over the war in Ukraine, a top official said on Tuesday, though some countries remain worried of the potential economic fallout.

Despite Russian denials of responsibility, condemnation was swift, with Western leaders, NATO, and the UN all voicing horror at reports of civilian murders in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv.

Russia threatened Thursday to turn off its gas taps to Europe if the continent fails to pay in rubles, opening up a new front amid its war in Ukraine, where NATO and Kyiv warned that Russian troops were regrouping for new attacks. Over a month into Russia's invasion of its...

An Arrow 3 would be sent in space if a rocket attack is uncovered, to intercept and to destroy the rocket there in space.

The German chancellor's comments follow remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron, in which he warned against verbal 'escalation' with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

International powers must keep talking with Russia's President Vladimir Putin until he is ready to end his invasion of Ukraine, France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday.

Abramovich was among the individuals listed under new sanctions adopted by the European Union last week.

The UN has described the humanitarian situation in the city as "extremely dire" with "residents facing a critical and potentially fatal shortage of food, water and medicines."

Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky made a fresh appeal for talks with Moscow on Saturday, even as the two sides have been already holding negotiations remotely. But so far, as in previous rounds, the talks have yielded little progress, with both sides blaming the other.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki again called on the EU to "very quickly give Ukraine candidate status".

US president will travel to Brussels to attend an EU summit to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Qatar became the third country in the Gulf region after Kuwait and Bahrain to be designated by the United States a major non-NATO ally. A declaration issued by US President Joe Biden on Thursday afternoon formally designated Qatar as a non-NATO ally, weeks after a pledge he made to Qatari...

Russia's foreign ministry confirmed that Lavrov would be attending the meeting on the sidelines of a diplomatic forum organized by Cavusoglu in Antalya.

NATO has already cleared that it does not want direct conflict with Russia and President Joe Biden has ruled out sending U.S. troops into Ukraine to fight.

Since Russia's invasion 10 days ago, the economic and humanitarian toll of the war has spiraled, sending more than one million people fleeing Ukraine. Officials have reported hundreds of civilians killed.

"Show Turkey the same sensitivity that we are witnessing towards Ukraine," Erdogan said at a press conference in Ankara.

President Vladimir Putin ordered on Sunday Russia's nuclear forces onto high alert in response to what he called ‘unfriendly’ steps by the West. Russia has the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons and a huge cache of ballistic missiles. The United States, the world's second-largest nuclear power, slammed the order.

If needed, Turkey will apply the Montreux agreement which governs the free movement of commercial ships through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles straits.

Iran urged "restraint" from both Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday while blaming the United States and NATO for the sharp escalation of tensions.

An influential figure in western Libya, Mechri accused Dbeibah's government of "fueling a campaign against the parliament and the HCS".

The credit ratings agency has said the prospects for global economic growth have softened, even if it was to a modest extent.

With war clouds gathering over Ukraine, international diplomacy goes into overdrive on Monday with the French and Russian presidents to talk in Moscow and the German chancellor heading to the White House to meet with US leader Joe Biden.

The veteran Turkish leader hopes mediation between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky can avert a Russian offensive.

Analysts expect that this meeting will decide to boost output by 400,000 barrels per day in March, in line with their strategy to slowly re-open the taps since May last year.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken affirmed that his country places "tremendous value" on the role that Kuwait plays as an "advancer of peace." Blinken was quoted by local media as saying, "Kuwait plays, an almost unique role that it plays as a facilitator, mediator, advancer of peace and leading...

Among the countries of the Middle East, only Israel and Iraq will take place in the online conference, scheduled for December 9-10. Traditional Arab allies of the US -- Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, are not invited.

Polish border guards said there were attempted crossings by two groups on what is the eastern border of the European Union and NATO -- one involving 500 migrants, some of whom threw rocks and tear gas canisters. The border guards said they had detained 45 migrants.

Eight oil storage tanks and five other tanks for oil and chemical products were damaged and were leaking, while the transformer of the power supply system was also knocked out.

Several European countries said late on Saturday they had received no official notification from Turkey, while the US said it was aware of the situation.

The 15-member Council had been on track to extend the mission in mid-September for a year

Turkey still intends to buy a second batch of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, its president has said.

In the decade since the NATO-backed overthrow of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi, repeated outbreaks of fighting have caused heavy damage to the power distribution network

Turkey's initial purchase of S-400s from Russia soured relations with the US and its NATO allies

Jens Stoltenberg said the situation in the country is deeply challenging amid UN's warning that more civilians could die

Ankara is seeking "financial, political and logistical support" from the US and the NATO to carry out the fraught task amidst the ongoing Taliban advances in the country.

Tensions between the two flared last year over a maritime jurisdiction in the Mediterranean